CJS 305 - Exam 1 Gizzi
sole rationale for good faith exception post 1984 (us v Leon)
SOLE rationale for exclusionary rule is to deter police misconduct.
US v. Kyllo
The use of a device by the government, which is not generally used by the public, to obtain evidence from inside a home is a presumptively unreasonable search without a warrant under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution. -Thermal imaging Doctrine= expectation of privacy, use of tech devices to enhance senses not available to public use S/R- minimal expectation of privacy in the home
Katz v. US
This 1967 Supreme Court case prohibited illegal eavesdropping and extending the zone of privacy to include the home, office, person, and immediate public arena. Doctrine= reasonable expectation of privacy S/R- 2 prong test
application of reasonable expectation of privacy in white
White appealed the conviction, claiming the conversations were recorded without his permission, that he had a reasonable expectation of privacy and the conversations were recorded without a warrant, violating his rights
third party doctrine & Jones
any documents that include third parties you do business with are subject to search without a warrant
who has power of judicial review and power to declare a law unconstitutional?
appellate courts
Colorado v. Wolfe
convicted by a State court of conspiring to commit abortions based upon evidence allegedly obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment's search and seizure clause
who has power to interpret the constitution through judicial review? is this stated in the constitution itself?
courts have power, not stated
reasonable expectation of privacy
- over-rules trespass doctrine - 4th amendment protects PEOPLE not places - what you knowingly expose in public is not protected, but what is in public that you seek to remain private MIGHT be
how does US v. Jones impact what is a search?
-GPS surveillance SCALIA re-establishes the trespass doctrine and acts as if it was never over-ruled -it was still considered one because intimate details could be revealed based on where he were going just like if they had gone into his home -explains that Katz supplements, but does not replace the baseline of protection against physical intrusions of constitutionally protected areas
Aguilar-Spinelli Test - how it elevated the rules
-Two prongs test that test the reliability of the informat and reliability of the information - more protective of individual rights than the totality of circumstances approach
appeal as of right
-appeal from a trial court to an intermediate appellate court -the appellate court has to decide the case
trial courts
-court of fact -primary purpose= fact finding -determine guilt/innoncence
courts of original jurisdiction
-courts of first instance
appellate courts
-courts of law and error correction -correct errors in trial courts -decisions "make law" (have precedential value)
exclusionary rule evolution from week (1914)
-evidence illegally obtained by federal officers was excluded in federal court
discretionary appeals to state & US supreme court
-most state supreme courts have discretion over whether to hear an appeal -US Supreme Court has a completely discretionary jurisdiction -these courts set own agendas
Harlan's two prong standard in establishing a reasonable expectation of privacy (from Katz)
-the individual has exhibited an actual expectation of privacy -if society is prepared to recognize this expectation as reasonable
how many cases that get sent to Supreme Court are decided by it
.008%
Mapp three rationales
1. deterrence of police misconduct 2. constitutional rights 3. judicial integrity
key components of crime control
1. efficiency 2. speed 3. uniformity 4. informality 5. finality
Olmstead v. US
1928, the government can tap your phone without a warrant. Doctrine= trespass doctrine S/R- physical intrusion
Jones v. US
Anyone who has the right to be a premise and is the object of a search has standing. Doctrine= trespass doctrine, GPS tracking S/R- invades privacy because intimate preferences can be seen by tracking someones movements.
IL v. Gates
Doctrine= totality of circumstances S/R= use this instead of tips, more reliable
US v. Leon
good faith exception to the exclusionary rule Doctrine= good faith exception S/R= deterrence of police misconduct
Draper v. US
held that information from a reliable informer corroborated as to accuracy of the informer's decryption of the accused and of the presence at a particular place, was sufficient to establish probable cause for arrest without a warrant. Doctrine= probable cause S/R- can you use hearsay as probable cause in an arrest?
how do courts make a law
judicial decisions establish precendents doctrine of stare decisis
Illinois v. gates
new standard; totality of circumstances
third party doctrine & carpenter
saw the cell phone carriers as third parties and that you shouldn't expect any privacy in your phone records
constitution is both ____ and _____
substantive; procedural
draper standard
that a search is not made legal by what comes up in it
who assigns the majority opinion
the most senior justice
who can change the constitution?
the people, thru amendment process
application of reasonable expectation of privacy in kyllo
the technology wasn't accessible to the public at that time, they would have had no other way of getting that information without a warrant
brandeis dissent - 4th amendment about privacy, what does he think?
thinks there is a right the be let alone
evolution of standards (probable cause)
DRAPER. -----> Aguilar / Spinelli. --->. GATES
Riley v. California
Court unanimously held that the warrantless search and seizure of digital contents of a cell phone during an arrest is unconstitutional. Doctrine= need a warrant to search a phone S/R- because of privacy interests involved
Mapp v. Ohio
Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court). Doctrine= exclusionary rule S/R- 1 deterrence of police misconduct, 2 constitutional rights, 3 judicial integrity
US v. White
Held that a person who invites someone into his or her home assumes the risk, not only of being betrayed, but also of being recorded. Doctrine= false friend doctrine S/R= can't protect you if you confide in someone and they rat you out
